On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Gordon Filby wrote:
You don't need updated drivers for the AHA154X.
AFAIA Adaptec don't make linux drivers.
Each version of Linux comes with 'latest' drivers.
Linux auto detects disk format whenever I mount floppy and reads from dos
or linux (ext2) formats.
Did you low level format your hard disk with the AHA154X bios before
installation? This may be your problem.
If you are comparing a 1991 486 with a pentium, yes it will be slow for X,
etc, but great as a server of sorts.
> hallo,
>
> I've recently inherited a 486 PC vintage 1991 with an Adaptec
> AHA154x SCSI adapter. I decided to use it as a try out for Redhat
> 5.0. Installation went very well. As a beginner it's the only thing I
> think I've managed to master!! It is however very, very slow.
> Checking through the Adaptec home page I see that the drivers have
> been updated as recently as 1996. I downloaded the relevant ones. Now
> my problems -as I said I'm a beginner.
>
> 1. I downloaded onto DOS formatted disks. How do I get the stuff
> into the computer? How do I activate these drivers?
> 2. can it be expected to bring any performance improvement?
> 3 As I saw during installation Linux doesn't seem to bother much
> about what drivers are installed. How can I make sure that it
> "gets"my new ones?
>
> Hope that that isn't too much at once and someone can help.
>
> In advance, thanks.
>
>
>
>
> This leads me on to the v#broader questionof whether I can expect to,
> and if so how I can squeeze a little bit of performance from this old
> box. It only has ISA slots!!
> Please confirm receipt.
>
> Yours Faithfully,
>
> Gordon Filby
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